retail api?

[driller2coder]

Interface/AddOns/AutoGear/AutoGear.lua:4625: attempt to call field 'GetItemLinkByGUID' (a nil value)
Time: Mon May 4 07:53:59 2026
Count: 30
Stack:
[Interface/AddOns/AutoGear/AutoGear.lua]:4625: in function <Interface/AddOns/AutoGear/AutoGear.lua:4603>
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: in function 'SetInventoryItem'
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_CharacterFrame/Cata/PaperDollFrame.lua]:2703: in function 'PaperDollItemSlotButton_OnEnter'
[*PaperDollFrame.xml:44_OnEnter]:1: in function <[string "*PaperDollFrame.xml:44_OnEnter"]:1>

Locals:
tooltip = GameTooltip {
BottomLeftCorner = Texture {
}
_owner = Questie_Sizer {
}
RightEdge = Texture {
}
questOrder =

{
}
numMoneyFrames = 1
PixelSnapDisabled = true
ShownAsMapIcon = false
supportsItemComparison = true
updateTooltip = 0.166000
TopEdge = Texture {
}
npcAndObjectOrder = {
}
miniMapIcon = true
LeftEdge = Texture {
}
hasMoney = 1
TopLeftCorner = Texture {
}
template = "Transparent"
BottomEdge = Texture {
}
manualOrder = {
}
TopOverlay = Texture {
}
BottomOverlay = Texture {
}
layoutType = "TooltipDefaultLayout"
shoppingTooltips = {
}
NineSlice = Frame {
}
backdropInfo = {
}
BottomRightCorner = Texture {
}
comparing = false
TopRightCorner = Texture {
}
Center = Texture {
}
needsReset = true
customBackdropAlpha = 0.800000
}
tooltipData = {
name = "GameTooltip"
lines = {
}
}
tooltipName = "GameTooltip"
isAComparisonTooltip = false
name = "Mystical Kilt of Elements"
link = nil
equipped = nil
guid = "Item-4385-0-4000000635802C51"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Item-4385-0-4000000635802C51"
(*temporary) = "attempt to call field 'GetItemLinkByGUID' (a nil value)"

[driller2coder]

this happens every time I mouse over gear in the character pane. "GetItemLinkByGUID" is not in MoP. "C_Item.GetItemLinkByGUID()" is a Retail-only API introduced years after MoP.